Sentences with phrase «average sea surface temperatures»

Global average sea surface temperatures rose rapidly from the 1970s but have been relatively flat for the past 15 years.
As global temperatures rise, so too do average sea surface temperatures.
-- Sea surface temperatures increased: Four independent datasets indicate that the globally averaged sea surface temperature for 2013 was among the 10 warmest on record.
On the previous sea surface temperature thread, I stated «Do you for one minute believe that the uncertainty in global average sea surface temperature in the 19th century is 0.3 C?
In a key region of the tropical Pacific, the November average sea surface temperature beat out records from 1983 and 1997, according to the European Centre for Medium - Range Weather Forecasts.
They found that averaged sea surface temperatures over the MDR are the best predictor of Atlantic cyclone activity, followed by global average surface temperature, with MDR warming relative to the tropics being the worst predictor of hurricane activity (Figure 1).
In Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBF), the 1998 El Nino induced above average sea surface temperatures and salinity changes for 2 months triggering massive coral losses in the reef's upper 20 meters.
The 1901 - 2000 average combined land and ocean annual temperature is 13.9 °C (56.9 °F), the annually averaged land temperature for the same period is 8.5 °C (47.3 °F), and the long - term annually averaged sea surface temperature is 16.1 °C (60.9 °F).
The 60S - 60N averaged sea surface temperatures have been relatively flat since 2001 as shown in a personal communication from NOAA, that should be widely available soon.
The Oceanic Niño Index, the three - month - average sea surface temperature departure from the long - term normal in one region of the Pacific Ocean, is the primary number we use to measure the ocean part of El Niño, and that value for November — January is 2.3 °C, tied with the same period in 1997 - 98.
I don't have to know the global average sea surface temperatures of 100 years ago within 5 tenths of a degree to know that consensus scientists don't know that figure within 3 tenths of a degree.
The maps above show average sea surface temperatures and anomalies for August 2007 to 2010.
Warmer - than - average sea surface temperatures offshore meant warm water species such as sea snakes, red tuna crabs and hammerhead sharks were found on Californian beaches.
Figure 3: Global mean sea level variations (light line) computed from the TOPEX / POSEIDON satellite altimeter data compared with the global averaged sea surface temperature variations (dark line) for 1993 to 1998.
More Information: Ocean Temperature Data Animation of Monthly - Averaged Sea Surface Temperature Fields (You may have to reload the page to see animation.)
The September — November globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.37 °F above the 20th century average of 60.7 °F.
Across the world's oceans, the September — November average sea surface temperature was 0.84 °C (1.51 °F) above the 20th century average of 16.0 °C (60.7 °F), the highest for September — November on record, surpassing the previous record set last year by 0.27 °C (0.15 °F).
It was supposed to be milder - than - average in the East, driven by the warmer than average sea surface temperatures over the central Pacific during 2002 - 03 (generated by a strong ENSO event), similar to other recent milder - than - average winters in the northern and eastern United States during other recent El Niño winters.
The visualization shows how the 1997 event started from colder - than - average sea surface temperatures — but the 2015 event started with warmer - than - average temperatures not only in the Pacific but also in in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
Atlantic and Pacific oceans: Average sea surface temperatures in the tropical Atlantic and Pacific oceans have risen by 1.2 and 0.58 degrees Fahrenheit in the 20th century; the number of category 4 and 5 hurricanes worldwide has nearly doubled over the past 35 years.
Across the eastern and central equatorial Pacific Ocean, ENSO conditions remained neutral for the 15th straight month; below - average sea surface temperatures were observed in the eastern equatorial Pacific while near - average temperatures were seen across the central equatorial Pacific.
El Niño is part of the larger cyclical climate phenomenon called the El Niño - Southern Oscillation, and is characterized by warmer - than - average sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
An El Niño is primarily defined by the warmer - than - average sea surface temperatures it brings to the central and eastern tropical Pacific, but that's not all there is to it.
Each storm is different, but Hurricane Harvey gathered strength after months in which winter temperatures in the Houston area and readings in Gulf of Mexico waters have been smashing records; last winter, the average sea surface temperature never fell below 73 degrees for the first time on record.
The warmth was due to the near - record strong El Niño that developed during the Northern Hemisphere spring in the eastern and central equatorial Pacific Ocean and to large regions of record warm and much warmer - than - average sea surface temperatures in parts of every major ocean basin.
The year - to - date globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.46 °F above the 20th century average.
The March — May globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.40 °F above the 20th century average of 61.0 °F — the highest for March — May in the 1880 — 2016 record, surpassing the previous record of 2015 by 0.20 °F.
The June globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.39 °F above the 20th century monthly average of 61.5 °F — the highest global ocean temperature for June in the 1880 — 2016 record, surpassing the previous record set in 2015 by 0.05 °F.
The June — August globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.39 °F above the 20th century average of 61.5 °F the highest for June — August in the 1880 — 2016 record, surpassing the previous record of 2015 by 0.02 °F.
The May globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.37 °F above the 20th century monthly average of 61.3 °F — the highest global ocean temperature for May in the 1880 — 2016 record, surpassing the previous record set in 2015 by 0.09 °F.
The April globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.44 °F above the 20th century monthly average of 60.9 °F — the highest global ocean temperature for April in the 1880 — 2016 record, surpassing the previous record set in 2015 by 0.25 °F and besting 1998, the last time a similar strength El Niño occurred, by 0.43 °F.
The year - to - date globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.42 °F above the 20th century average of 60.9 °F.
The August globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.39 °F above the 20th century monthly average of 61.4 °F — the second highest global ocean temperature for August in the 1880 — 2016 record, behind 2015 by 0.04 °F.
The July globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.42 °F above the 20th century monthly average of 61.5 °F — the highest global ocean temperature for July in the 1880 — 2016 record, surpassing the previous record set in 2015 by 0.07 °F.
The September globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.33 °F above the 20th century monthly average of 61.1 °F, tying with 2014 as the second highest global ocean temperature for September in the 1880 — 2016 record, behind 2015 by 0.16 °F.
The November globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.17 °F above the 20th century monthly average of 60.4 °F.
The October globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.30 °F above the 20th century monthly average of 60.6 °F.
La Niña is the positive phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation and is associated with cooler than average sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.
La Niña is the positive phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation and is associated with cooler than average sea surface temperatures in the
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